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Celebrating Marcel Proust’s 145th birthday (July 10th): Six contemporary writers, from Francine Prose to Aleksandar Hemon, on the genius of Marcel Proust; Six reasons everyone should read In Search of Lost Time; Marcel Proust’s biographer makes the case for why you really should read Proust; How the French reread Proust. | Literary Hub

Jesse Ball and Catherine Lacey discuss strategies for a non-interview, why they write, and the flammability of poetry. | BOMB Magazine

“Some part of me knew that, in the same way capoeira tested the limits of what I thought my body was capable of, Brazil would push my spiritual, intellectual, and creative limits.” Naomi Jackson on visiting Brazil. | Words Without Borders

“I believe in alternate universes and in reincarnation and that the weirdness of the world and the universe far exceed the weirdness that I can concoct.” A conversation between Manuel Gonzales and Ada Limón. | Oxford American